Hard Cases, Hard Promises
After four years in office, the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla administration has not yet met their campaign promise to settle cases of serious human rights violations. With no intention to take the cases to trial, the government wants the matter to be settled through reconciliation and no apology. The National Commission on Human Rights is highlighting Wiranto’s role.
Tempo
October 23, 2018
A statement made by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto as he opened a meeting at his office on mid-July, surprised Chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Ahmad Taufan Damanik. In that meeting which was also attended by representatives of several government institutions, such as the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), and the Ministry of Justice and Hum
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